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Category Archives: Cover Art
The Foreman of British Illustration
British author and illustrator Michael Foreman was born a month before his father died, on 21 March 1938. He grew up in Pakefield, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, where his mother kept the village shop. He studied at Lowestoft School of Art, … Continue reading
Fantasy That – It’s Hansson’s Magician’s Hat
Jan Ternald’s cover art for Bo Hansson’s album “Magician’s Hat”. Swedish musician Bo Hansson was born on 10 April 1943. He was best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s. Hansson spent his early life in a … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Art, DarkArt, Illustrations, Paintings
Tagged Bo Hansson, Cover Art, Jan Ternald, Jimi Hendrix, Magician's Hat, prog rock, rolling stones
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‘All n ‘All – It’s Just Another Shot into Space
Japanese illustrator Shusei Nagaoka was born November 26, 1936. He is best known for his music album cover art in the 1970s and 1980s. He has received several awards, platinum and gold albums, several magazine articles, interviews and has been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, Illustrations
Tagged #All'n'All, #CoverArt, #EarrthWind&Fire, #JeffersonStarship, #ShuseiNagaoka
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Adelaide Mallunnee’s Dark Art of Cover Art
Cover artist Adelaide Mallunee has designed music album covers for a variety of neo-folk and neo-classical dark art music groups such as Anima in Fiamme (as shown in this example from their “Sub Occasum Solis” album). For those who are not aware … Continue reading
The Proof of the Magic is in the Pudding
Christmas time is just as much about the food as it is everything else and no Christmas repast is complete until the Christmas Pudding is eaten. So, here is a little story about a pudding. The Magic Pudding: Being The … Continue reading
Raymond Peynet’s Lovers’ almanacs are so intensely French
The witty and fanciful artist and cartoonist Raymond Peynet was born on 16 November, 1908. His early career in illustration began with Tolmer, a commercial art agency in Paris, where he drew labels for fragrances and chocolates boxes, and progressed … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Cover Art, Illustrations
Tagged #Illustrators, Denise Damour, French cartoonists, French illustration, French illustrators, H.E. Bates, Le Rire, Paris Magazine, Raymond Peynet, Rire à Deux, The Boulevardier, The Lovers' Bedside Book, The Lovers' Pocketbook, The Lovers' Travelogue
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May the Sky Saw for Tom Phillip’s contribution to Another Green World
Tom Phillips was born in 1937. A former Royal Academician based in London, he is known for his work as a draughtsman and traditional painter; best known for his portrait commissions. He became an expert on African art and curated … Continue reading
How Roller’s succession heightened the Viennese Secession
This is an image of Alfred Roller’s poster (1902) from the Gustav Mahler Exhibition – Vienna Secession.* Austrian painter, graphic and set designer, Alfred Roller was born on 2nd October 1864, in Brünn, Mähren. Roller attended the Academy of Fine … Continue reading
An Annalisa enigma
I saw a show on TV a while ago where the presenters focussed on a private collector’s specialty – Decorative label surrounds for tinned tomatoes – especially those from Italy and Spain. Needless to say his collection was vast and … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Cover Art, Edible Art, Illustrations
Tagged annalisa, Annalisa tinned tomatoes, Italian tinned tomatoes, Lodato, Salerno, Senesi, tinned tomatoes
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I shot you with my camera
Jenny Watson (b. 1951) is a local Melburnian artist. During her informative years in the 1970s, Watson like many other Melburnians’ spent many hours at the iconic Crystal Ballroom to hear their greatest local-grown bands play. After making a series of … Continue reading
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band
Believe it or not, there is a tambourine featured within this image. (see left). Can you detect who is holding it? Regardless of whether you notice it or not this illustration by Thomas Rowlandson is entitled: “The Tambourine“. Rowlandson, an English … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Cover Art, Gallery Art, Illustrations, Paintings
Tagged #EroticArt, #RoyalAcademy, Tambourine, Thomas Rowlandson
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I declare this silver frock to be “in like Flint”
Scottish artist and illustrator, Sir William Russell Flint was born in Edinburgh on 4th April, 1880. Although being mostly known for his watercolor paintings of women; Flint also worked in oils, tempera and print-making. From 1894-1900 Flint was apprenticed to a … Continue reading
Posted in Artists A-Z, Cover Art, Erotic Art, Gallery Art, Paintings, Watercolours
Tagged British Museum, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, Edinburgh, Heatherley's Art School, Illustrated London News, Royal Academy of Art, Royal Watercolour Society, Scottish artists, Sir William Russell Flint, W. S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas
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